Bottle and closure therefor.



No 888,170. PATENTED MAY 19, 1908. N. P. JENSEN.

BOTTLE AND CLOSURE THEREFOR- APPLICATION II'LED APR.25,1906.

3 noentoz 7725a bi l/6713672 Witnesses NIELS PIHL JENSEN, Ol! EPHRAIM,UTAH.

BOTTLE AND CLOSURE THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed April 25, 1906. Serial No. 313,635.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NIELs P. JENSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ephraim, in the county of Sanpete and State of Utah, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Bottles and Closures Therefor,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bottles and closures therefor, and its primaryobject is to provide a-novel and highly useful closure which is adaptedto prevent the bottle from being refilled so as to render it impossibleto sell an inferior article in the bottle as its original contents.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bottle wherein theneck is so constructed that it is impossible to prevent the seating ofthe valve.

A still further object is to provide a bottle and closure which issimple and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively lowcost.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of a bottle neck andclosure constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in thedirection indicated by the arrow.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals, 1 designates the bodyand 2 the neck of a bottle. The neck at its point of union with the bodyis reduced to provide an annular valve seat 3, upon which rests agravity operated ball valve 4 which closes the entrance to the bottle.The neck at a point above the valve seat 3 is enlarged, as at 5, topermit the valve 4 to unseat upon canting the bottle, whereby thecontents of the bottle may be readily poured. This enlargement of theneck terminates in a reduced annular shoulder 6, which prevents theinsertion of an instrument into the neck and under the valve 4, thusobviating all liability of the bottle being refilled. The neck is againenlarged at a point above the shoulder 6, as at 7, this enlargementterminating in a vertical and circular passage 8. The

which prevents access to the valve 4. The upper end of the guard' isopen, while the lower end is closed, it being supported within the neckby a marginal flange 10 which engages over and which is secured to theupper edge of the neck 2.

The guard may be secured in applied position by cement or fusion, andits lower end is disposed within the enlargement 7 at a point above andadjacent the shoulder 6. That portion of the guard which is disposed inthe enlargement 7 is provided in its vertical wall at a point above itsclosed end with outlet ports 11. The enlargement 7 provides a spacebetween the vertical wall of the guard and the inner wall of the neck topermit the free passage of the contents of the bottle through the outletports upon canting the bottle. As the guard 9 is located above theshoulder 6, it is impossible to insert an instrument into the bottleneck and behind the valve to prevent the seating of the latter, therebyrendering it impossible to refill the bottle. The bottle is sealed by acork or other suitable stopper, which is inserted into the open end ofthe guard and rests upon the closed end thereof, as shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings. The location of the outlet ports 1] in the vertical wallof the guard and above the closed end thereof prevents any gases whichmay generate in the bottle from entering behind and displacing thestopper, thereby adapting a bottle for containing highly chargedliquids.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and mode of operation of the invention shouldhe understood without a further extended description.

Changes in the form, proportions and minor details of construction maybe made within the scope of the invention without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advanta es thereof.

Having fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claim is:

The herein described bottle having the lower portion of its neck reducedto provide an interior annular valve seat, an enlargement above thevalve seat to provide a valve chamber, a contraction above saidenlargement, and an enlargement above said conassa e 8 receives atubular uard 9 and l traction the u or end of said neck havin a D Z) 7 Ib cylindrical portion, a gravity-operated ball flange resting upon theupper edge of the bot valve resting upon the valve seat, and a guard tleneck, and a cork fitted into said guard. 10 fitted Within thecylindrical portion at the up- In testimony whereof, I afliX mysignature per end of the bottle neck, said guard having a in presence oftwo Witnesses. 5 plain closed bottom, .and outlet ports in the NIELSPIHL JENSEN.

side Walls adjacent to the bottom, said outlet Witnesses: portscommunicating With the upper en- JAMES P. CHRISTENSEN, argernent, saidguard having an annular A. C. OUELSON, Jr.

